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"The New York Herald" - November 3, 1918

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THE HER
Paris and France, 20c.; fibroad, 30c. EUROPEAN SUNDAY. NOVEMBER 3. Pails 29a;
ALLIED DRIVE BRITISH
VALENCIENNES ; DEEP AMERICAN ADVANCE
ITALIAN CAVALRY CLOSE
HEELS OF ROUTED
: .
by Advancing j Cavalry
Who Are Beyond itself a
Una ana j Armies h a r e t h e i r advance
. ward tho east. The e n t i r e 23rd
j the Marine and t h e
BOMS, S a t u r d a y (noon). j of t h e
' - Brenta the coo- h o n o r of a citation by
. Conditions Are Decided Upon a t is resisting
Conference i n France, and t h e P l a t e a u aid t h e r e t r e a t , |
Armies Gain Further
Important Victories Over De­feated
Germans in Great
Battle from Flanders
HAND
Mouse a r e t h e two capital events of yes­t
e r d a y ' s fighting on t h e Western f r o n t .
Army, t h e F i r s t American
General Liggett, made decisive
progress in t h e direction of t h e north be­hind
t h e reaguards of t h e enemy, who is
now obliged t o evacuate most im­p
o r t a n t point of his present defensive
PIVOT OK
SEDAN AND ON THE
This issue is t h e t he
tenacity shown by both General Liggett
and Gouraud in constantly h a r ­assing
t h e Germans, wresting f r om them
village a f t e r village, hilltop a f t e r hilltop
and wood a f t e r Unable t o make
a s t a n d against t h e " v i m " of t h e attack­ing
troops, t h e enemy has
t h e idea hold on any longer in
region, in t h e course of
will have finally t o r e t i r e o n the
line.
C a p t u r e d .
with i t s important cluster
of ill t h e hands of t h e Ameri-who
a r e now advancing toward t he
road joining Le and
On t h e l e f t bank of t h e
has been taken. This vil­lage
is a mile and a half f r om
On l e f t t h e Americans a r e ad­vancing
the northern p a r t of t h e Ar-gonne
forest in liaison t h e French,
who have also made important progress
on t h e western side of t h e forest.
Increasing t h e i r gains, General
Gouraud's soldiers captured P r i m a t and
Longive, reached t h e of La-and
Les
and, carrying t h e village of Se-miny,
advanced t h e i r line t o t h e
ern bank of t h e Ardennes Canal between
this point and
On t h e British f r o n t , t h e forward
move, which, on Friday, encircled
by a large t u r n i n g movement
in t h e south rendered t h e town unten­able
for t h e enemy. The Canadians of
have t h e whole
of a f t e r severe fighting. Pro-beyond
t h e town along t he
Scheldt, they have reached the o u t s k i r ts
on t h e main road to
of
of Marly and t h e village of
are" in possession of t h e British.
Two Miles f r om G h e n t .
A new important advance was
made in Flanders by t h e Belgian and
French armies yesterday.
on F r i d a y by t h e advance south of
t h e Germans holding t h e eastern
bank of t ho Derivation Canal have hur­riedly
retired toward t h e
Canal. The Allied troops, advancing
behind t h e r e t r e a t i n g Germans, were last
night two miles f r om Ghent.
British Airmen
Inflict Big Loss
Saturday.
On Friday, i n fine though misty wear
t h e r , our continued t h e i r op­They
made several reconnoit­r
i n g expeditions and took a large num­ber
of photographs. objec­tives
were indicated t o our a r t i l l e ry and
our observers reported g r e a t damage to
t h e enemy a r t i l l e ry positions.
Excellent objectives were presented
for our aeroplanes flying a t a low alti­tude
: they took advantage of them,
among t h e enemy
troops and inflicting losses upon
them by means of their and ma­chine-
gun fire. Nearly fifteen tons and a
half of bombs were dropped on railway
junctions. Numerous h i t s were recorded.
I n t h e course of t h e day t h e enemy
avions were r a t h e r active. Thirteen
enemy machines were brought down and
7 forced t o land out of action. Two
enemy balloons were brought down in
flames. Tea of our machines a r e missing.
NANCY A G A I N
The c a p t u r e of Valenciennes by t h e Are to Enemy j t h e troops of our Sixth have u p an incessant action.
Canadians and a deep advance of t h e bv forced a crossing of t h e Assa | a bombarded t h e railway
Americans between the Argonne and t h e t i and have won Mont the
mone and Monte a f t e r a keen t o estimate
of cannon which t h e enemv has
- ' t h e on lines behind
t h e a t t a c k which s t a r t e d o n TO v alley. f r o n t and alone t h e roads. U P TO
F r i d a y in co-operation with t h e F o u r t h , ' ' 1 w a s a n - ; The F o u r t h Army has t a k e n t h e 1,(500
l a s t e v e n i n g , f r o m a grood heights north of the Conca di I
t h a t General Diaz h a s i t s columns are pushing along t h e
Sugana.
THE WAS
LAST
Some Alpine contingents of t h e Twelfth
Army, a f t e r having crossed t h e Piave in
Germans in Headlong Flight Before
Victorious Troops
Troops C a p t u r e
Towns, t h a n 4 , 0 0 0 P r i s o n e rs
a n d Booty.
TELEGRAM TO THE HERALD.)
W I T H THE
Saturday.
The German r e t r e a t is rapidly becom­ing
disorganized. The second day of t he
of t h e smash in
with t h e French saw the Germans going
back SO f a r t h a t they l e f t high-explosive
shells, large guns a n d much ammuni­tion
and material in their wake.
The of t h e second day's a t t a c k ,
s t a r t e d was on a twenty-five-
kilometre f r o n t , and when t h e day
finished' average advance of four kilo­metres
had been while in one
place t h e Americans went forward six
The des Loges and Champi-a
t which points there was a
hold-up a t first because of enemy ma-fire,
were finally swept
through by a magnificent body of troops
n i c a t e d t o t h e A u s t r i a n
t h e conditions fixed b y t he
Allies f o r t h e concession of
i s t i c e .
I t i s considered h e r e a u t h o r ­i
t a t i v e c e n t r e s t h a t t h e c e s s a t i o n of
vicinity of Busche by
h o s t i l i t i e s i s i m m i n e n t , if i t h a s n o t .
means, t h e between
a l r e a d y t a k e n p l a c e . , and San Giustina. Troops of t he
A despatch says t h a t t h e Army, which yesterday im-semi-
official Note has been issued p o r t a n t engagements in the San
Pass and i n t h e di Fodalto,
An Austrian Staff officer arrived before versing t h e Cordevole Valley and having
our lines, with an authorization, passed Alpini, a r e now
requested t o e n t e r i n t o pourparlers for marching on
| divisions are operating t he
General Diaz referred ttie m a t t e r t o i plain, t h e orders of t h e Count of
! I t a l i a n Premier, who is a t present Turin. After having broken down t he
' in Paris. Orlando, in his t u r n , stubb6rn resistance of t h e enemy a t
informed Inter-Allied Conference, in Piave,
who have been distinguishing themselves
off and on d u r i n g the last two monthb.
These went ahead so rapidly t h a t
their expert linemen scarcely could keep
in touch with
The places t a k e n in t h i s b r i l l i a n t ad­vance
include Verpel, and
Buzancy. Buzancy was entered by s t o rm
about eleven t h i s morning.
American aviators played a splendid
p a r t here, flying as low as fifty feet above . , ,
t h e ground and machine-gunning t h e Despatches v i a Switzerland discussed and drew t h e and San they have oc-enemy,
who fled hastily. i that News I s Withheld under which a n armistice be and passed beyond
This evening t h e fighting is going on i s j g r a n t e d and charged General t o Cellena and The 3rd Savoy
toward Fosse, a place eleven kilomltres |
from Friday's start and four beyond through which passes the
communicate them, in t h e name of t he
Allied Governments and t h e United
States t o t h e Austrian
The conditions of t h e armistice a r e in-
inhabitants have risen the as 1848. When enemy was preparing to meet the attack of the Italian army, first shots were fired by the and the entire population turned out, in hand. The beat a hasty retreat, and shortly afterwards Italian advanced entered Feltre and wera enthusiastically welcomed the
DCHAMPAGNE U I N Y
GOUT en
line as the may be . , . .,
Freya Stellung stated now that the German spired by President Wilson's principles,
As I wrote yesterday, ft great surprise abdication has already taken to make for the publication of the
delayed only for armistice to from the guns which he not move hick. cult military And the state
Now that the Hun has passed in a hurry ' I the on our front practically
behind the Freya Stellung there is great NOW KNOW WHAT I
ON raONT. is probable that the Austro-Hun-
t o where he will stop.
Aviators report t h a t he is digging-in on
a line r u n n i n g through Germont, b u t
this seems too close to t h e line of t h e pre­sent
fighting him to be able t o reor­ganize
and make a s t a n d so quickly.
OFFICIAL COMMUNIQUES.
garian parlementaires will wish t o confer
on t h e subject with
supposed t h a t t h e
diately
TO THE HERALD.) | the with the heads, it is to be Hon. i supposed that the reply cannot be imme- Fellowes, son of Lady De Ramsey, who has just arrived in Germans, he had been pri­soner since the outbreak of war, said to-day that the conditions of life in
i when he left a week ago were
AMERICAN. Saturday morning. the latter place, our pushing be- | The people had a and
' Le Chene-Pate, are vigorously con- starved appearance. During the few tinuing, in spite of the serious obstacle | weeks influenza had greatly in the Argonne forest, to the | the number The people enemy, who is retiring, abandoning con­siderable material.
The counter-attacks made by the Ger­mans, notably in the region, have been repulsed and have enabled Us to increase the number of our prisoners by several hundreds.
The F i r s t American Army continued
i t s a t t a c k west of t h e Meuse t h i s morn­ing.
The operation is progressing favor­ably.
Nancy was bombarded by German
aeroplanes on Thursday night.
AVIATOE ALONE MAZES
AMERICAN
(SPECIAL TO HERALD.)
WASHINGTON, D.C.,
four hours was t h e actual flying time of
Lieut. J o h n Davis in an aeroplane t r ip
near t o Mt. Clemens,
Mich!., and r e t u r n over a zig-zag course
of 4,000 miles. H e flew via Dallas, Tex-
L i t t l e Rock, Memphis,
Louis, Springfield, Rantoul, Mt. Cle­mens.
total elapsed time was n i ne
days. Davis rnade t h e t r i p alone, with­out
a mechanic and changing
his plane or motor,
P L A N E
Saturday evening.
A series of raids, skilfully carried out
by troops of t h e Second Army in t he
Voivre, resulted in t h e c a p t u r e of 2 offi­cers
and 63 men.
The F i r s t A r m y t o - d a y c o n t i n u ed
i t s a d v a n c e , overcoming
a l l r e s i s t a n c e . t h e most i m ­p
o r t a n t t o w n s t a k e n a r e Champi-
Ver­pel,
Buzancy,
a n d
I n s p i t e of bad weather conditions,
onr aviators, flying a t an extremely low
carried out important missions
over t h e Meuse valley and along t he
whole f r o n t of a t t a c k .
The n u m b e r of p r i s o n e r s h a s risen
t o m o r e t h a n 4 , 0 0 0 m e n a n d 192
cers, a m o n g w h om f o u r b a t t a l i on
w i t h t h e i r s t a f f s .
The enemy w a s f o r c e d t o a b a n d on
l a r g e q u a n t i t i e s of m a t e r i a l of a ll
k i n d s . A n c o u n t s h o w s t h a t
s i x t y - t h r e e g u n s of m e d i um a n d l i g h t
BRITISH. Saturday
Yesterday's b a t t l e t o t h e south of Val­enciennes
was unusually and
lasted u n t i l this morning.
On a b a t t l e f r o n t of six a
number of t h e enemy was numer­ous
connter-attacks were repulsed a nd
we made 4,000 prisoners.
Ostend was known in Germany perhaps
as soon i t was known in England.
A Fall Saccess
disorders in
The Sevenieenth Corps, under t h e Vienna and Budapest appear t o have
command of General Ferguson, and t h e i ended.
Budapest t h e revolution is consid
General Godley, captured t h e heights to
south-east of Valenciennes and, t h is
morning, pushing forward, took vil­lage
of Presean.
Armistice
Render Austria
Negative Factor
Ts
less t h e r e is S t i l l feeling t h a t t he
t h e military should resist to t h e last if ' conditions of an Austrian armistice, t he
the terms of t h e a r e v e r y "Times" savs: "The terms which Italy,
Nothing is now hidden f r om t h e t h e name of t h e Allies,
civil population. fall of Lille and impose for an oomprise,
" " i t believed, t h e evacuation of all oc­cupied
t e r r i t o r i e s , t h e f r e e and
lutely unrestricted use of t h e Austrian
railways in every direction and t h e im- '
mediate r e t u r n of all war prisoners.
Austria, moreover, must lay down her
arms and g i v e u p her ports, warships
and submarines."
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"THE FRENCH
The "Matin," commenting upon the
"As may seen by this communi- the Allies, inspired by tie same
ered to be complete. The National As-
has published a manifesto ! principles as in the case of Turkey, will
ing that the various units none of the which can
assure the of their forces. On
bv demonstrations of popular the other hand, they do not think of
commanded by General Curne, after marched procession to anv
bard fighting in the outskirts of the House have taken The
. taires will be employed in
possession. The crews of the Danube seeking means of sheltering themselves
that they take no behind the national in order
orders excepting those of the Executive to elude the painful necessities which
Daring the day desperate local fight- Committee of Assembly. - .
calibre and hundreds of machine-guns place on the battlefront to The National Council has issned a
have been captured. A Bavarian to the troops expressing
of artillery was taken with \
its personnel and material complete. I n to the of Preseau, cap- struggle for libertv
In the course of the operations of the "Onr revolution,"" says this past two days south of the river Lys our I To "
of the advanced nearly detachments have penetrated Saint- to those who have ten miles, reaching the bank of course of these opera- the creation of new
the Scheldt and capturing several hun- the
I ,
hundred prisoners. OP
This morning, during a successful I
secondary to the west of Lan- Budapest report
we advanced our line and took that General the a number of prisoners. i Military Governor of the city, has been
persons were
killed a t in t h e Department of
t h e by t h e propellor of an
American aeroplane which had been
t t o make a landing. victims
a l i t t le girl and her
N O W A
CABLE TO THE
T . M e y -
better known as" "Chief" Meyers,
has enlisted a
the
FRENCH. Saturday, 2 p.m.
The Germans did not a t t e m p t any re­action
in t h e course of t h e night on t he
Aisne f r o n t , with t h e i r artillery.
Our troops a r e everywhere in contact
with t h e enemy. The a t t a c k was re­sumed
t h i s morning.
The number of prisoners already
counted amounts t o 1,400.
Elsewhere is nothing t o report.
Saturday, p.m.
The vigorous attacks made yesterday
and t h i s morning by t h e Fourth Army
on t h e Aisne f r o n t , coupled with t h e vic­torious
effort of t h e Americans between
the Argonne and t h e Meuse, have com­pelled
t h e enemy to r e t r e a t through t he
Argonne forest.
Our troops, harrying t h e enemy rear­guards,
who by desperate resistance
attempted to check our advance, have
effected progress on t he
whole of the f r o n t of a t t a c k .
To the l e f t we have conquered Semuy
and extended our lines to t h e southern
bank of t h e Ardennes Canal, which wo
are bordering on t h e two f r om
Semuy to Neuville-et-Day.
F u r t h e r t o t h e south wo have reached
the approaches of Les Alleux, Quatre
Champs and La Croix aux Bois, a f t er
having captured t h e Vandy Woods and
the village of Ballay, in spite of t h e re­sistance
of enemy, which was par­ticularly
on P l a t e a u des
Alleux and t h e pass;
To t h e right, Lonwe and Primat have
BELGIAN. S a t u r d a y (evening).
The a t t a c k made on October 31 and
bv order of the revolutionary National Council. The of Budapest has been
defeat imposes upon their country."
Germans Announce
The Evacuation of
Serbian Capital
The Grerman of F r i d ay
afternoon announces evacuation of
Belgrade a n d Semendria. I t is signed
for t h e first time "The F i r s t Quarter­master-
General,
ALL TO
EVACUATED, SAY
TO THE
NEW FRENCH LOAN
and hasten
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nes in conformity with t h e plans decided
upon, says t h a t t h e evacuation of all
Serbian t e r r i t o r y is
Moscow r e p o r t t h a t t h e A u s t r i a n troops
6egan on Tuesday t o evacuate Odessa.
FOE
into To
November 1 by the Second British with flags on the oc-
and the Army appointment of Count
duced results to-dav first Pnme Minister of inde-
Army and the the
t rench Army, the enemy gave way
fell back m haste toward Ghent and the SEASONS
Canal. the close of the FOR
day the Belgian and French troops had
the Lieve TELEGRAM TO THE HERALD.)
in
of tion of Count is regarded in
as
air gary is being driven by the Allied
each other
the
the , , Duquesne, said to be a direct
troops and attacking them . dant of Admiral Abraham Dequesne, guns. The British the of j guilty to the charge of to
have done remarkable work the upper hand, ! collect through a fraudulent in-
although possible that the Magyars surance claim. Duquesne represented
ALLIES' SINCE against on account of his that he owned feet of motion
of their cause.
JULY 15
October 1 to 31 the Allies took 100,871 men and 2,472 officers prisoner, and captured 2,064 guns, 13,639 and 1,193 minenwerfer
brings the totals of prisoners taken by the armies since and 7,990
SHIRTS
Austrian
to-day, a f t e r announcing t h a t
on t h e I t a l i a n f r o n t t h e r e t r e a t contin- ' Avenue de P a r i s
CABLE TO THE HERALD.)
Nzvr
As t o how long the war will last with
i t is impossible
to say. That Germany with her back
to t h e wall and b i t t e r despair in h er
heart could fight for a long time yet is
certain. Her is i n t a c t , her Army
not yet beaten. Though very l i t t l e is
known of i n t e r n a l conditions such in­formation
as is get out of
the country does not suggest t h a t her
are quite
t u r e film, which was burned in a fire in
storage in Brooklyn. I t
was proved t h a t he had no film stored in
t h e building.
Duquesne is wanted by t h e British
authorities on a charge of murder as
result of t h e explosion in a hold of t he
British steamship, in which t h r e e sea­men
were killed when cases shipped by
exploded. has been
a t e of the an Sta t e
PHOTO of
Marshal Foch or Marshal re, each...
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Paris and France, 20c.; fibroad, 30c. EUROPEAN SUNDAY. NOVEMBER 3. Pails 29a;
ALLIED DRIVE BRITISH
VALENCIENNES ; DEEP AMERICAN ADVANCE
ITALIAN CAVALRY CLOSE
HEELS OF ROUTED
: .
by Advancing j Cavalry
Who Are Beyond itself a
Una ana j Armies h a r e t h e i r advance
. ward tho east. The e n t i r e 23rd
j the Marine and t h e
BOMS, S a t u r d a y (noon). j of t h e
' - Brenta the coo- h o n o r of a citation by
. Conditions Are Decided Upon a t is resisting
Conference i n France, and t h e P l a t e a u aid t h e r e t r e a t , |
Armies Gain Further
Important Victories Over De­feated
Germans in Great
Battle from Flanders
HAND
Mouse a r e t h e two capital events of yes­t
e r d a y ' s fighting on t h e Western f r o n t .
Army, t h e F i r s t American
General Liggett, made decisive
progress in t h e direction of t h e north be­hind
t h e reaguards of t h e enemy, who is
now obliged t o evacuate most im­p
o r t a n t point of his present defensive
PIVOT OK
SEDAN AND ON THE
This issue is t h e t he
tenacity shown by both General Liggett
and Gouraud in constantly h a r ­assing
t h e Germans, wresting f r om them
village a f t e r village, hilltop a f t e r hilltop
and wood a f t e r Unable t o make
a s t a n d against t h e " v i m " of t h e attack­ing
troops, t h e enemy has
t h e idea hold on any longer in
region, in t h e course of
will have finally t o r e t i r e o n the
line.
C a p t u r e d .
with i t s important cluster
of ill t h e hands of t h e Ameri-who
a r e now advancing toward t he
road joining Le and
On t h e l e f t bank of t h e
has been taken. This vil­lage
is a mile and a half f r om
On l e f t t h e Americans a r e ad­vancing
the northern p a r t of t h e Ar-gonne
forest in liaison t h e French,
who have also made important progress
on t h e western side of t h e forest.
Increasing t h e i r gains, General
Gouraud's soldiers captured P r i m a t and
Longive, reached t h e of La-and
Les
and, carrying t h e village of Se-miny,
advanced t h e i r line t o t h e
ern bank of t h e Ardennes Canal between
this point and
On t h e British f r o n t , t h e forward
move, which, on Friday, encircled
by a large t u r n i n g movement
in t h e south rendered t h e town unten­able
for t h e enemy. The Canadians of
have t h e whole
of a f t e r severe fighting. Pro-beyond
t h e town along t he
Scheldt, they have reached the o u t s k i r ts
on t h e main road to
of
of Marly and t h e village of
are" in possession of t h e British.
Two Miles f r om G h e n t .
A new important advance was
made in Flanders by t h e Belgian and
French armies yesterday.
on F r i d a y by t h e advance south of
t h e Germans holding t h e eastern
bank of t ho Derivation Canal have hur­riedly
retired toward t h e
Canal. The Allied troops, advancing
behind t h e r e t r e a t i n g Germans, were last
night two miles f r om Ghent.
British Airmen
Inflict Big Loss
Saturday.
On Friday, i n fine though misty wear
t h e r , our continued t h e i r op­They
made several reconnoit­r
i n g expeditions and took a large num­ber
of photographs. objec­tives
were indicated t o our a r t i l l e ry and
our observers reported g r e a t damage to
t h e enemy a r t i l l e ry positions.
Excellent objectives were presented
for our aeroplanes flying a t a low alti­tude
: they took advantage of them,
among t h e enemy
troops and inflicting losses upon
them by means of their and ma­chine-
gun fire. Nearly fifteen tons and a
half of bombs were dropped on railway
junctions. Numerous h i t s were recorded.
I n t h e course of t h e day t h e enemy
avions were r a t h e r active. Thirteen
enemy machines were brought down and
7 forced t o land out of action. Two
enemy balloons were brought down in
flames. Tea of our machines a r e missing.
NANCY A G A I N
The c a p t u r e of Valenciennes by t h e Are to Enemy j t h e troops of our Sixth have u p an incessant action.
Canadians and a deep advance of t h e bv forced a crossing of t h e Assa | a bombarded t h e railway
Americans between the Argonne and t h e t i and have won Mont the
mone and Monte a f t e r a keen t o estimate
of cannon which t h e enemv has
- ' t h e on lines behind
t h e a t t a c k which s t a r t e d o n TO v alley. f r o n t and alone t h e roads. U P TO
F r i d a y in co-operation with t h e F o u r t h , ' ' 1 w a s a n - ; The F o u r t h Army has t a k e n t h e 1,(500
l a s t e v e n i n g , f r o m a grood heights north of the Conca di I
t h a t General Diaz h a s i t s columns are pushing along t h e
Sugana.
THE WAS
LAST
Some Alpine contingents of t h e Twelfth
Army, a f t e r having crossed t h e Piave in
Germans in Headlong Flight Before
Victorious Troops
Troops C a p t u r e
Towns, t h a n 4 , 0 0 0 P r i s o n e rs
a n d Booty.
TELEGRAM TO THE HERALD.)
W I T H THE
Saturday.
The German r e t r e a t is rapidly becom­ing
disorganized. The second day of t he
of t h e smash in
with t h e French saw the Germans going
back SO f a r t h a t they l e f t high-explosive
shells, large guns a n d much ammuni­tion
and material in their wake.
The of t h e second day's a t t a c k ,
s t a r t e d was on a twenty-five-
kilometre f r o n t , and when t h e day
finished' average advance of four kilo­metres
had been while in one
place t h e Americans went forward six
The des Loges and Champi-a
t which points there was a
hold-up a t first because of enemy ma-fire,
were finally swept
through by a magnificent body of troops
n i c a t e d t o t h e A u s t r i a n
t h e conditions fixed b y t he
Allies f o r t h e concession of
i s t i c e .
I t i s considered h e r e a u t h o r ­i
t a t i v e c e n t r e s t h a t t h e c e s s a t i o n of
vicinity of Busche by
h o s t i l i t i e s i s i m m i n e n t , if i t h a s n o t .
means, t h e between
a l r e a d y t a k e n p l a c e . , and San Giustina. Troops of t he
A despatch says t h a t t h e Army, which yesterday im-semi-
official Note has been issued p o r t a n t engagements in the San
Pass and i n t h e di Fodalto,
An Austrian Staff officer arrived before versing t h e Cordevole Valley and having
our lines, with an authorization, passed Alpini, a r e now
requested t o e n t e r i n t o pourparlers for marching on
| divisions are operating t he
General Diaz referred ttie m a t t e r t o i plain, t h e orders of t h e Count of
! I t a l i a n Premier, who is a t present Turin. After having broken down t he
' in Paris. Orlando, in his t u r n , stubb6rn resistance of t h e enemy a t
informed Inter-Allied Conference, in Piave,
who have been distinguishing themselves
off and on d u r i n g the last two monthb.
These went ahead so rapidly t h a t
their expert linemen scarcely could keep
in touch with
The places t a k e n in t h i s b r i l l i a n t ad­vance
include Verpel, and
Buzancy. Buzancy was entered by s t o rm
about eleven t h i s morning.
American aviators played a splendid
p a r t here, flying as low as fifty feet above . , ,
t h e ground and machine-gunning t h e Despatches v i a Switzerland discussed and drew t h e and San they have oc-enemy,
who fled hastily. i that News I s Withheld under which a n armistice be and passed beyond
This evening t h e fighting is going on i s j g r a n t e d and charged General t o Cellena and The 3rd Savoy
toward Fosse, a place eleven kilomltres |
from Friday's start and four beyond through which passes the
communicate them, in t h e name of t he
Allied Governments and t h e United
States t o t h e Austrian
The conditions of t h e armistice a r e in-
inhabitants have risen the as 1848. When enemy was preparing to meet the attack of the Italian army, first shots were fired by the and the entire population turned out, in hand. The beat a hasty retreat, and shortly afterwards Italian advanced entered Feltre and wera enthusiastically welcomed the
DCHAMPAGNE U I N Y
GOUT en
line as the may be . , . .,
Freya Stellung stated now that the German spired by President Wilson's principles,
As I wrote yesterday, ft great surprise abdication has already taken to make for the publication of the
delayed only for armistice to from the guns which he not move hick. cult military And the state
Now that the Hun has passed in a hurry ' I the on our front practically
behind the Freya Stellung there is great NOW KNOW WHAT I
ON raONT. is probable that the Austro-Hun-
t o where he will stop.
Aviators report t h a t he is digging-in on
a line r u n n i n g through Germont, b u t
this seems too close to t h e line of t h e pre­sent
fighting him to be able t o reor­ganize
and make a s t a n d so quickly.
OFFICIAL COMMUNIQUES.
garian parlementaires will wish t o confer
on t h e subject with
supposed t h a t t h e
diately
TO THE HERALD.) | the with the heads, it is to be Hon. i supposed that the reply cannot be imme- Fellowes, son of Lady De Ramsey, who has just arrived in Germans, he had been pri­soner since the outbreak of war, said to-day that the conditions of life in
i when he left a week ago were
AMERICAN. Saturday morning. the latter place, our pushing be- | The people had a and
' Le Chene-Pate, are vigorously con- starved appearance. During the few tinuing, in spite of the serious obstacle | weeks influenza had greatly in the Argonne forest, to the | the number The people enemy, who is retiring, abandoning con­siderable material.
The counter-attacks made by the Ger­mans, notably in the region, have been repulsed and have enabled Us to increase the number of our prisoners by several hundreds.
The F i r s t American Army continued
i t s a t t a c k west of t h e Meuse t h i s morn­ing.
The operation is progressing favor­ably.
Nancy was bombarded by German
aeroplanes on Thursday night.
AVIATOE ALONE MAZES
AMERICAN
(SPECIAL TO HERALD.)
WASHINGTON, D.C.,
four hours was t h e actual flying time of
Lieut. J o h n Davis in an aeroplane t r ip
near t o Mt. Clemens,
Mich!., and r e t u r n over a zig-zag course
of 4,000 miles. H e flew via Dallas, Tex-
L i t t l e Rock, Memphis,
Louis, Springfield, Rantoul, Mt. Cle­mens.
total elapsed time was n i ne
days. Davis rnade t h e t r i p alone, with­out
a mechanic and changing
his plane or motor,
P L A N E
Saturday evening.
A series of raids, skilfully carried out
by troops of t h e Second Army in t he
Voivre, resulted in t h e c a p t u r e of 2 offi­cers
and 63 men.
The F i r s t A r m y t o - d a y c o n t i n u ed
i t s a d v a n c e , overcoming
a l l r e s i s t a n c e . t h e most i m ­p
o r t a n t t o w n s t a k e n a r e Champi-
Ver­pel,
Buzancy,
a n d
I n s p i t e of bad weather conditions,
onr aviators, flying a t an extremely low
carried out important missions
over t h e Meuse valley and along t he
whole f r o n t of a t t a c k .
The n u m b e r of p r i s o n e r s h a s risen
t o m o r e t h a n 4 , 0 0 0 m e n a n d 192
cers, a m o n g w h om f o u r b a t t a l i on
w i t h t h e i r s t a f f s .
The enemy w a s f o r c e d t o a b a n d on
l a r g e q u a n t i t i e s of m a t e r i a l of a ll
k i n d s . A n c o u n t s h o w s t h a t
s i x t y - t h r e e g u n s of m e d i um a n d l i g h t
BRITISH. Saturday
Yesterday's b a t t l e t o t h e south of Val­enciennes
was unusually and
lasted u n t i l this morning.
On a b a t t l e f r o n t of six a
number of t h e enemy was numer­ous
connter-attacks were repulsed a nd
we made 4,000 prisoners.
Ostend was known in Germany perhaps
as soon i t was known in England.
A Fall Saccess
disorders in
The Sevenieenth Corps, under t h e Vienna and Budapest appear t o have
command of General Ferguson, and t h e i ended.
Budapest t h e revolution is consid
General Godley, captured t h e heights to
south-east of Valenciennes and, t h is
morning, pushing forward, took vil­lage
of Presean.
Armistice
Render Austria
Negative Factor
Ts
less t h e r e is S t i l l feeling t h a t t he
t h e military should resist to t h e last if ' conditions of an Austrian armistice, t he
the terms of t h e a r e v e r y "Times" savs: "The terms which Italy,
Nothing is now hidden f r om t h e t h e name of t h e Allies,
civil population. fall of Lille and impose for an oomprise,
" " i t believed, t h e evacuation of all oc­cupied
t e r r i t o r i e s , t h e f r e e and
lutely unrestricted use of t h e Austrian
railways in every direction and t h e im- '
mediate r e t u r n of all war prisoners.
Austria, moreover, must lay down her
arms and g i v e u p her ports, warships
and submarines."
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"THE FRENCH
The "Matin," commenting upon the
"As may seen by this communi- the Allies, inspired by tie same
ered to be complete. The National As-
has published a manifesto ! principles as in the case of Turkey, will
ing that the various units none of the which can
assure the of their forces. On
bv demonstrations of popular the other hand, they do not think of
commanded by General Curne, after marched procession to anv
bard fighting in the outskirts of the House have taken The
. taires will be employed in
possession. The crews of the Danube seeking means of sheltering themselves
that they take no behind the national in order
orders excepting those of the Executive to elude the painful necessities which
Daring the day desperate local fight- Committee of Assembly. - .
calibre and hundreds of machine-guns place on the battlefront to The National Council has issned a
have been captured. A Bavarian to the troops expressing
of artillery was taken with \
its personnel and material complete. I n to the of Preseau, cap- struggle for libertv
In the course of the operations of the "Onr revolution,"" says this past two days south of the river Lys our I To "
of the advanced nearly detachments have penetrated Saint- to those who have ten miles, reaching the bank of course of these opera- the creation of new
the Scheldt and capturing several hun- the
I ,
hundred prisoners. OP
This morning, during a successful I
secondary to the west of Lan- Budapest report
we advanced our line and took that General the a number of prisoners. i Military Governor of the city, has been
persons were
killed a t in t h e Department of
t h e by t h e propellor of an
American aeroplane which had been
t t o make a landing. victims
a l i t t le girl and her
N O W A
CABLE TO THE
T . M e y -
better known as" "Chief" Meyers,
has enlisted a
the
FRENCH. Saturday, 2 p.m.
The Germans did not a t t e m p t any re­action
in t h e course of t h e night on t he
Aisne f r o n t , with t h e i r artillery.
Our troops a r e everywhere in contact
with t h e enemy. The a t t a c k was re­sumed
t h i s morning.
The number of prisoners already
counted amounts t o 1,400.
Elsewhere is nothing t o report.
Saturday, p.m.
The vigorous attacks made yesterday
and t h i s morning by t h e Fourth Army
on t h e Aisne f r o n t , coupled with t h e vic­torious
effort of t h e Americans between
the Argonne and t h e Meuse, have com­pelled
t h e enemy to r e t r e a t through t he
Argonne forest.
Our troops, harrying t h e enemy rear­guards,
who by desperate resistance
attempted to check our advance, have
effected progress on t he
whole of the f r o n t of a t t a c k .
To the l e f t we have conquered Semuy
and extended our lines to t h e southern
bank of t h e Ardennes Canal, which wo
are bordering on t h e two f r om
Semuy to Neuville-et-Day.
F u r t h e r t o t h e south wo have reached
the approaches of Les Alleux, Quatre
Champs and La Croix aux Bois, a f t er
having captured t h e Vandy Woods and
the village of Ballay, in spite of t h e re­sistance
of enemy, which was par­ticularly
on P l a t e a u des
Alleux and t h e pass;
To t h e right, Lonwe and Primat have
BELGIAN. S a t u r d a y (evening).
The a t t a c k made on October 31 and
bv order of the revolutionary National Council. The of Budapest has been
defeat imposes upon their country."
Germans Announce
The Evacuation of
Serbian Capital
The Grerman of F r i d ay
afternoon announces evacuation of
Belgrade a n d Semendria. I t is signed
for t h e first time "The F i r s t Quarter­master-
General,
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upon, says t h a t t h e evacuation of all
Serbian t e r r i t o r y is
Moscow r e p o r t t h a t t h e A u s t r i a n troops
6egan on Tuesday t o evacuate Odessa.
FOE
into To
November 1 by the Second British with flags on the oc-
and the Army appointment of Count
duced results to-dav first Pnme Minister of inde-
Army and the the
t rench Army, the enemy gave way
fell back m haste toward Ghent and the SEASONS
Canal. the close of the FOR
day the Belgian and French troops had
the Lieve TELEGRAM TO THE HERALD.)
in
of tion of Count is regarded in
as
air gary is being driven by the Allied
each other
the
the , , Duquesne, said to be a direct
troops and attacking them . dant of Admiral Abraham Dequesne, guns. The British the of j guilty to the charge of to
have done remarkable work the upper hand, ! collect through a fraudulent in-
although possible that the Magyars surance claim. Duquesne represented
ALLIES' SINCE against on account of his that he owned feet of motion
of their cause.
JULY 15
October 1 to 31 the Allies took 100,871 men and 2,472 officers prisoner, and captured 2,064 guns, 13,639 and 1,193 minenwerfer
brings the totals of prisoners taken by the armies since and 7,990
SHIRTS
Austrian
to-day, a f t e r announcing t h a t
on t h e I t a l i a n f r o n t t h e r e t r e a t contin- ' Avenue de P a r i s
CABLE TO THE HERALD.)
Nzvr
As t o how long the war will last with
i t is impossible
to say. That Germany with her back
to t h e wall and b i t t e r despair in h er
heart could fight for a long time yet is
certain. Her is i n t a c t , her Army
not yet beaten. Though very l i t t l e is
known of i n t e r n a l conditions such in­formation
as is get out of
the country does not suggest t h a t her
are quite
t u r e film, which was burned in a fire in
storage in Brooklyn. I t
was proved t h a t he had no film stored in
t h e building.
Duquesne is wanted by t h e British
authorities on a charge of murder as
result of t h e explosion in a hold of t he
British steamship, in which t h r e e sea­men
were killed when cases shipped by
exploded. has been
a t e of the an Sta t e
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